Bloomer

Bloom·er  (blmr), Amelia Jenks 1818-1894.

American social reformer who founded and edited the feminist newspaper Lily (1849-1855), wrote about unjust marriage laws and women's suffrage, and advocated a new style of dress for women.

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bloom·er ¹  (blmr)

n.

1.

a. A plant that blooms.

b. A person who attains full maturity and competence: a late bloomer.

2. Slang A blunder.

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bloom·er ²  (blmr)

n.

1. A costume formerly worn by women and girls that was composed of loose trousers gathered about the ankles and worn under a short skirt.

2. bloomers

a. Wide, loose trousers gathered at the knee and formerly worn by women and girls as an athletic costume.

b. Girls' underpants of similar design.

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[After Amelia Jenks Bloomer.]

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bloomer

Noun

Brit informal a stupid mistake; blunder [from blooming]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bloomer - a flower that blooms in a particular way; "a night bloomer" flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
	2.	bloomer - an embarrassing mistake               blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" bobble - the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out" snafu - an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up spectacle - a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself bull - a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment" fumble, muff - (sports) dropping the ball fluff - a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism, gaucherie - a socially awkward or tactless act howler - a glaring blunder clanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger" misstep, trip-up, stumble, trip - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"